Donn Miller wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> > Icons are probably not the right user interface. I'd suggest
> > something like Windows's ``hardware manager'' (in the System control
> > panel).
>
> Some people were afraid that it would end up like the Windows
> registr
> Some people were afraid that it would end up like the Windows registry.
But it wouldn't, because that isn't the right thing.
A kernel config utility should end up functioning like XF86Setup. When was the
last time most people made an XF86Config file since that program came arou
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> Icons are probably not the right user interface. I'd suggest
> something like Windows's ``hardware manager'' (in the System control
> panel).
Some people were afraid that it would end up like the Windows
registry. Well, even if it did, I'd argue th
< said:
> thing that was divided into two panes. On the left would be
> LINT. Here, we would have icons representing the various
> devices.
This is actually a really cool idea, although it needs a bit of
refinement, and we would need to start providing and maintaining a
database which describe
sday, December 15, 1999 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel config utility
> Hi,
>
>
> Rather than going in horror shows like a registry editor look alike for
the
> kernel config, I think that there is a somewhat better approach to the
> kernel configuration task. Has anybody taken a
Hi,
Rather than going in horror shows like a registry editor look alike for the
kernel config, I think that there is a somewhat better approach to the
kernel configuration task. Has anybody taken a look at the configuration
script on RedHat-Linux distributions ? I don't know if it is RedHat spec
> >
>
> I can definitely see advanatages, not that I would use it myself. :-) I
> also think that if it was written properly, which I'm sure that it would
> be, it could also be used to setup ppp etc..
>
> > By clicking on the icons, a properties pane would show the
> > properties for this dev
Donn Miller wrote:
>
> So, would having a kernel config utility help us get better
> reviews? I was thinking about something like an explorer-type
> thing that was divided into two panes. On the left would be
> LINT. Here, we would have icons representing the various
> dev
> So, would having a kernel config utility help us get better
> reviews? I was thinking about something like an explorer-type
> thing that was divided into two panes. On the left would be
> LINT. Here, we would have icons representing the various
> devices. For example, we cou
So, would having a kernel config utility help us get better
reviews? I was thinking about something like an explorer-type
thing that was divided into two panes. On the left would be
LINT. Here, we would have icons representing the various
devices. For example, we could ahve an icon
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